Gascoigne regrets turning down Fergie’s Man U offer earlier in his career
March 9th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): Troubled football star Paul Gascoigne, who had turned down Manchester United earlier in his career, has revealed that he pleaded in vain with Sir Alex Ferguson to sign him when he was at the height of his fame.
Gascoigne is currently in aftercare at the Providence Project treatment centre in Bournemouth, having been through three months of rehab.
“I knew I wasn’t going there. You only mess with Sir Alex once,” Gascoigne told the Daily Express
Gascoigne said how he called Ferguson when he was leaving Lazio and asked for a move to Old Trafford.
At the time he was the most famous player in Europe, the biggest star in Terry Venables’ England team and followed by TV cameras everywhere.
“I was fortunate to play under Terry Venables [Tottenham and England], Bobby Robson [England] and Walter Smith [Rangers]. I didn’t get to work with Sir Alex Ferguson and it’s a massive regret. I would have loved to have been managed by him,” said Gascoigne.”
He rejected a move from Newcastle to Old Trafford in 1988, instead signing for Venables at Tottenham. (ANI)
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